The Hours of My Life = 僕のいた時間. An ordinary university student learns that he has ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Extremely heart warming. 5 stars.

Galileo = ガリレオ. A university professor helps a detective woman solve some “mysteries.” Episodic. Each episode is self-contained. Originally abandoned after watching all but two episodes. Decided to return to watch it.

Clinic on the Sea = 海の上の診療所. A hospital boat goes around the inland sea of Japan visiting small islands. After abandoning this after two episodes, returned to watch all 11 episodes. 3 stars.

Good Morning Call = グッドモーニング・コール. Based on a manga series. On Netflix. Finished 11/23/2016.

From Five to Nine = 5時から9時まで. Quit after 5 episodes of the male lead–a Buddhist monk–being a total jerk. Revisited later and liked the last 5 episodes (6-10). Finished 1/27/2017. On KissAsian.com

We Married as a Job = 逃げるは恥だが役に立つ. An unemployed woman cleans house for a terminally shy man 10 years older. They decide to (pretend to?) get married “as a job.” Very funny–one of my favorite Japanese Dramas. Finished on 2/1/2017. On NewAsianTV.me.

Sunshine = おひさま. I really wanted to see all 52 episodes of this one. However, episodes 22-30 and 41-52 are only partially translated. We watched 1-21 and 31-40 on Viki. If the others are ever translated, I’ll watch the rest.

It’s Sudden but Tomorrow We’re Getting Married = 突然ですが明日結婚します(on ＠KissAsian and @NewAsianTV and maybe a few others.) A girl from a happy family meets a television star. She wants to get married; he doesn’t. (I won’t spoil it for you.)

Koinaka = 恋仲 (“Love” or “Love Relationship”). Two grade schoolers named Aoi fall for the same girl. Years later one of them marries the girl. Which one will it be? Finished on 3/27/2017 on @Viki.

I’m Mita, Your Houskeeper = 家政婦のミタ. A dysfunctional family becomes even more dysfunctional until a dysfunctional housekeeper shows up. Watched last episode 4/23/2017 on @Viki.

JDramas Abandoned

Secret Message (JDrama/Kdrama). No plot. Couldn’t figure this one out.

Rainbow Rose. Hyper giggly Korean drama, overdubbed in Japanese with English subtitles. Slept through episode 1 on 12/2/2016. Can’t bear to watch another episode.

Second to Last Love. I was initially very hopeful about this. However, after the two main actors slept together in episode 2 and talked openly about it at the beginning of episode 3, I lost all interest.